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any ideas on rough costs for an engineer to do the calcs ?

I mean huge as in i don't want it too obvious - I made an assumption of a 210mm beam and did a mock up, looked terrible. This is what im considering, removing all the red walls, bricking up existing back door and putting french doors in the dining room new entrance door in blue You can...

Joists rest on it, I checked under the floorboards and seems to be only supporting the joists Im not trying to get away not using a beam, but if the beams huge then i'll have to think of other plans. Dont want to invest in calcs + Building engineer if its unfeasable!

Thinking out loud I'm considering knocking a wall down between my kitchen and dining room, to make more space as the kitchen is tiny. (approx 14' x 3.5'). opening the wall would increase floor space to approx (14' x 13') The wall i wish to take down is single skin brick. The span of the...

cheers, thats pretty much what i've done - just looks odd - it'll look ok once its varnished / stained tho :) Hasn't been one single easy door in this house!

I'm fitting a new door to a noticably out of shape door frame. the frame is square(ish) however one side is 10mm taller than the other. I could just cut off to suit, but this makes the top rail shorter than the other doors - i could insert a filler - but i'm staining / varnishing the doors...

what type / length of fixings ?

fill with filler (polyfiller or similar) and seat the wallplug in the filler before it sets

2 votes for caulk, so caulk it is! thanks

I've fitted new architraves to a door frame, all level and great - however the wall isn't. I've a gap that starts at 10mm at the top, to 0mm at the bottom between the wall and the architrave edge - Any ideas on how to dress this up ? I've considered caulk/filler upto a certain depth then...

maybe frowned upon, but i generally leave the lathes in place and just remove the plaster, then i use 9mm handiboard - it's in my opinion easier to work with when the ceiling is uneven and your working on your own. I had a similar ceiling in my house it was a nightmare - .5" difference in places

drill hole, fill with liquid nails or similar and insert plug, if its half inch gap then maybe drill to brick and using a piping bag / icing bag to fill hole / gap with plaster / board adhesive - then re drill hole ?

How long do these things last, seems to need replacing yearly ? Got a new diverter fitted last year and the diaphragms gone again!

I can't really do anything about the pressure, it's in my parents flat - no room for pumps or header tanks, I've asked them to ask the tennants assoc if anything can be done about it but not building up any hopes!

Any good suggestions for an electric shower that runs on < 0.8 bar ? Cheers

I've just done this myself on a full wall First i took all the old plaster off - then i battoned the wall so i could run cables behind it - fitted plasterboard and spent a long time prepping the wall used easyfill and sanding then painted the wall matt white I use a optoma hd700x and...

bosch pmf180e for me everytime too

i'm sure i saw a tip on here to use wallpaper paste, not tried it myself